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Wed Oct 15, 2008 12:50 am
Polis extreme metal titans, Behemoth, recently filmed a video for the song “Inner Sanctum” with director Mateusz “Mania” Winkiel. The video is now available on Myspace, and can be viewed below. The song is taken from the band's latest critically acclaimed release, 'The Apostasy'.
Stated Behemoth mainman Nergal:
“What’s up everybody! Here we finally come with our brand new video…surprised? I fuckin’ hope so. I’m still blown away by the effect myself. Why? Coz it looks like NOTHING I’ve ever seen in the metal genre. Lately it felt like we’ve pretty much explored every territory in the world of music videos, especially with our last clip for “At the left hand ov god”. This time we took completely opposite artistic approach…we went black and white, absolutely no effects, analogue film tape…and something we’re doing for the first time ever: acting. I truly believe this bizarre video will show you a little bit different aspect of Behemoth’s complex nature.
Watch and enjoy!”
Behemoth will soon embark on a tour of Asian territories, which will bring the touring cycle for 'The Apostasy' to a close.
With the release of 'The Apostasy', Behemoth completed their contractual obligations to Century Media and have since signed with Metal Blade. The band's first release under the Metal Blade banner will be an EP entitled 'Ezkaton', which is set for release on November 11th, 2008.
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Tue Oct 14, 2008 10:38 pm
Celebrating Converse’s diverse and authentic historical roots in sports and pop culture, the company introduces a selection of premium footwear for Fall 2008. A continuation of the brand’s 100th anniversary celebration, the collections reference the brand’s undeniable influence on pop culture and music with decidedly modern styling, materials and detailing. Using references that range from secret geometry to electronic music, each of the unique styles are designed to honor the genres and movements in music and culture that have disrupted the status quo. Key collections include Grateful Dead, Black Sabbath, The Doors, The Who, Ozzy, and Pink Floyd.
Black Sabbath:
Inspired by the Black Sabbath metal anthem "Iron Man", these Chuck Taylor® All Star® high top shoes have hard-core details that shout individuality. A tribute to the sound that, in the 1970s emerged and changed the music landscape forever, these shoes feature smooth, monochrome black leather uppers with metallic detailing and Sabbath-signature purple accented linings. Metalwork and hardcore buckles combined with rich black leathers give the Jack Purcell® shoe version an especially industrial look and extreme attitude. Prints on the Chuck Taylor All Star shoe versions showcase iconic Black Sabbath artwork. The Jack Purcell shoe is available in parchment/black canvas. The Chuck Taylor All Star shoes come in high top black/white, black/white/gold and parchment/black canvas. Shoes in this collection will be available in Journeys stores and Journeys.com beginning in October.
More photos of the Coverse Rock Music Collection, including exclusive sneak peeks of upcomingdesigns can be viewed in the Loudside Photos Section. And be sure to keep checking back for more info on upcoming Converse'Rock Music'Collection designs.
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Tue Oct 14, 2008 10:21 pm
Industrial metallers, Static-X, just released their first full-length DVD, titled 'Cannibal Killers Live'. This live DVD features a full length concert performance from Static-X, including hits such as “The Enemy,” “Bled for Days,” and hit-single, “Push It.” A complete video history will also be included in the special package, with every video Static-X has ever made, along with an audio CD of the concert (track listing below).
The band has just released their performance of “Push It” taken from the DVD, which can be viewed below.
'Cannibal Killers Live' Track Listing:
1. Cannibal
2. Dirthouse
3. Sh** In A Bag
4. I’m With Stupid
5. Bled For Days
6. No Submission
7. Behemoth
8. Destroy All
9. Cold
10. Black And White
11. Destroyer
12. The Enemy
13. The Trance Is The Motion
14. This Is Not
15. Love Dump
16. Push It
17. Get To The Gone
'Cannibal Killers Live' is out now on Reprise Records.
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Tue Oct 14, 2008 10:02 pm
Brazilian wrecking crew, Krisiun, made their triumphant return to the head of the Death Metal class with the release of 'Southern Storm'. This furious offering has received massive critical praise since its release, being heralded as “epic, polished and streamlined assaults with frenetic hell fury” by Decibel.
Century Media Records, Metal Sucks and Metal Injection have teamed up to provide a forum to aspiring video directors who think today’s metal music videos suck. We are now giving them a chance to prove their skills with a Krisiun video contest
We give you the audio for Krisiun’s song “Slaying Steel” and you make the video. Not only will the grand prize winner receive “The Ultimate Krisiun Touring Case” filled with an autographed discography, drumsticks, pics, autographed drumheads, t-shirts and all sorts of other crazy shit — but the winning entry will be shown to the band and will have a shot at becoming the OFFICIAL video for “Slaying Steel!” Two runners-ups will receive a signed copy of Krisiun’s new album 'Southern Storm'.
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Tue Oct 14, 2008 9:58 pm
Rock author Joel McIver's twelfth book, 'The 100 Greatest Metal Guitarists', will be published globally in January 2009 by Jawbone Press, the world's leading publisher of guitar titles. Featuring a foreword by Glen Benton of Deicide, the book takes the reader in reverse order from No. 100 to No. 1, the greatest metal guitarist of all time. McIver — a regular contributor to Total Guitar magazine, the biggest guitar mag in Europe — based his selection on the technical ability and historical significance of each player and adds that all generations of metal are covered in the book, with the oldest guitarist aged 61 and the youngest a mere 26.
McIver says, "The idea for this book came to me a couple of years ago after I read a list of the supposed 100 best metal guitarists of all time in a popular guitar magazine that should really know better. The list contained all these non-metal guitarists like Neil Young and Kurt Cobain, so I thought, 'Screw this!' and wrote my own list, which became an 80,000-word book. 'The 100 Greatest Metal Guitarists' features musicians from heavy metal, thrash metal, death metal, black metal, power metal, doom metal and grindcore bands and that's it!"
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Tue Oct 14, 2008 9:34 pm Mushroomhead, one of the more unique and adventurous alternative metal outfits to ever emerged on the scene, gears up for the DVD release of 'Volume 2', on October 28, 2008 on Filthy Hands/Megaforce Records. It's the highly anticipated follow-up to their 2005 DVD release 'Volume 1'. The new DVD features 2 ½ hours of pure mayhem featuring exclusive never before seen content, live footage from the past three years on their “Savior Sorrow” tour, music videos including Headbanger's Ball 2007 Video Of The Year “1200,” “Simple Survival,” and the band's brand new video “Save Us.” Other extras include video commentary, behind the scenes footage and band antics.
"'Volume 2' contains all the content that fans are hungry for, all the 'behind the scenes antics and drama' that shows the human side of Mushroomhead and what goes on when we are not on stage. Everything about this home video is personal, we filmed and edited all of the content in it as well, over 2 1/2 hours of mayhem and comedy. If you own 'Volume 1' then 'Volume 2' will blow your fucking mind.” - Stitch
A Trailer for'Volume 2' can be viewed below.
Mushroomhead will be on the road in October with The Autumn Offering, XFactor1 and Human Factors Lab and December dates with Brujeria.
Mushroomhead will hit the studio this winter to start recording a new CD slated for attacked in early 2009.
Mushroomhead Tour Dates:
w/ The Autumn Offering, XFactor1 and Human Factors Lab:
10/14 - Huntington, WV - Monkey Bar
10/15 - Springfield, VA – Jaxx
10/16 - Raleigh, NC - Volume 11 Tavern
10/17 - Jacksonville, NC - Hooligans
10/18 - Fayetteville, NC - Jester's Pub
10/19 - Charlotte, NC - Tremont Music Hall
10/22 - Sauget, IL – Pop’s
10/23 - Palatine, IL - Durty Nellies
10/24 - Milwaukee, WI - The Rave
10/25 - Maplewood, MN - The Rock
10/26 - Madison, WI - The Annex
10/29 - Traverse City, MI – Streeters
10/30 - Grand Rapids, MI - Intersection
10/31 - Cleveland, OH. - The Agora {famous Halloween show!!!}
11/01 - Flint, MI - The Machine Shop
11/2 - Pittsburgh, PA - The Saddle Ridge
w/ Brujeria:
11/29 - Los Angeles CA - House Of Blues
12/1 - Tucson Arizona - The Rock
12/2 - Sunshine Theater - Albuquerque, NM
12/3 - El Paso TX - Club 101
12/4 - Mcallen TX - Cene El Rey
12/5 - Victoria TX - Riverside Multiplex
12/6 - Austin TX - Red 7
12/7 - Fort Worth TX - Ridglea Theater
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Tue Oct 14, 2008 9:34 pm
Chicago alt rockers Madina Lake are pleased to announce 'Attics To Eden' as the title of their second full-length for Roadrunner Records. The band is currently holed up in New Jersey's House of Loud Studio, working diligently on the pre-production stages of the album. David Bendeth (Paramore, Underoath, Killswitch Engage, In Flames) is set to produce and mix 'Attics To Eden'.
'Attics To Eden' follows up the band's 2007-released debut, 'From Them, Through Us, To You'. Madina Lake –comprised of vocalist Nathan Leone, bassist Matthew Leone, guitarist Mateo Camargo and drummer Dan Torelli—lived on the road in support of the album, logging countless miles on their tour van, performing everywhere from pizza joints and basement parties to the second stage of 2007's Projekt Revolution Tour and last summer's Warped Tour as well as the UK’s Download and Give It A Name festivals, cultivating a core of fans so dedicated that to call them "rabid" would be an understatement.
Nathan Leone sheds a little light on the recording process, saying, "After spending the last three months at home in Chicago shaping songs, we're finally tracking our second record. The record's title is 'Attics to Eden' because, lyrically, most of the tracks explore different ways to find psychological refuge in a world that is moving faster than ever. It also serves as the second installment in the story of Madina Lake." Regarding the band's choice of producer, Leone says, "We picked David Bendeth because his track record implies that he has the gift of seeing a band's vision through. For as many hits as he has, his focus lies more on the personality, individual character and musical ambition of artists, as opposed to chasing radio or trends. That is exactly in line with our philosophy, so were expecting a solid match. We are absolutely ecstatic to share this with as many people as possible."
Roadrunner expects to release 'Attics to Eden' in 2009.
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Tue Oct 14, 2008 9:25 pm
England's etreme metal maestros Cradle of Filth will make their much anticipated return to U.S. soil this winter for their first headline tour since the Viva La Bands tour in fall 2007. The band will be spreading their black metal seed, supporting 'Godspeed on the Devil's Thunder', their latest opus for Roadrunner Records. Satyricon will serve as main support, while Greek metallers Septicflesh will open the show. The tour runs for six weeks.
Cradle of Filth are standard bearers in the black metal scene. With 'Godspeed on the Devil's Thunder', which hits stores on October 28, the band spins a dark and twisted fairy tale about disgraced and disturbed French nobleman Gilles de Rais. The album is a soundtrack set to historical events and Cradle of Filth will be sure to delight their fans by playing selections from the new album during the tour.
Tour dates are as follows:
1/15 – Starland Ballrom - Sayreville, NJ
1/16 – The Palladium – Worcester, MA
1/17 – Metropolis – Montreal, QUE
1/18 – Capitol Theatre – Quebec City, QUE
1/20 – Sound Academy – Toronto, ONT
1/21 – House of Blues – Cleveland, OH
1/23 – Harpo's – Detroit, MI
1/24 – The EaglesClub – Milwaukee, WI
1/25 – House of Blues – Chicago, IL
1/26 – First Avenue – Loop Station, MN
1/28 – Gothic Theatre – Englewood, CO
1/30 – MacEwan Hall – Calgary, AB
1/31 – Edmonton Events Centre – Edmonton, AB
2/2 – Commodore Ballroom – Vancouver, BC
2/3 – Showbox – Seattle, WA
2/4 – Roseland Theatre – Portland, OR
2/10 – The Grand – San Francisco, CA
2/11 – Henry Fonda Theatre – Los Angeles, CA
2/12 – Grove of Anaheim – Anaheim, CA
2/13 – Marquee Theatre – Tempe, AZ
2/17 – House of Blues – Dallas, TX
2/18 – House of Blues – Houston, TX
2/20 – The Masquerade – Atlanta, GA
2/21 – The Club at Firestone – Orlando, FL
2/25 – NorVa – Norfolk, VA
2/26 – Rams Head Live – Baltimore, MD
2/27 – Nokia Theater – NewYork, NY
2/28 – The Trocadero – Philadelphia, PA
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Tue Oct 14, 2008 9:19 pm
Canadian hyperblasters, Kataklysm, are a little over halfway done with their first headlining tour of North America. The tour, presented by CDV Software Entertainment Sacred 2: Fallen Angel video game and dubbed the 2nd annual “Death by Decibels” tour, has become a huge success even in these dark economic times. Vocalist Maurizio Iacono took a moment on his day off to give us the following update from the road:
"Today is a day off in Hollywood, CA and we might go check out that cock rock cover band Steel Panther tonight at the Key Club. Speaking of the Key Club, it was a great show yesterday! The crowd was on fire for all the bands and it was great to see all the fans chanting the lyrics to ‘Prevail’. The album is obviously doing well and the tour has been doing great. Highlights so far have been Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland, all the Texas dates, Los Angeles and the sold out show in San Diego at the Soma.
We’re having a blast with the Norwegians in Keep Of Kalessin, the Swiss folk fuckers in Eluveitie and our old friends in Dying Fetus. It’s been a great ride so far and you if you haven’t seen this package yet do yourself a favor and don’t miss it! It’s really a killer diverse metal package and a good time. Thanks again to all of you for the great support, we know these are hard times in the country and having so many people come out means a lot to us and all the bands. Cheers!”
'Prevail', the most recent CD by Kataklysm, was honored in the "Album Of The Year" in the "Metal/Hardcore" category at the Quebec Indie Music Awards (GAMIQ), an awards show that recognizes achievements by Quebec independent artists. The event was held on Sunday, September 21, 2008 at the Corona Theatre (2408 W. Notre-Dame Street) in Montreal and was produced by the Quebec Independent Music Association which is also behind the Montreal International Music Initiative (MIMI).
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Tue Oct 14, 2008 9:13 pm
An e-card for the upcoming 'Saw V' movie soundtrack has been made available online at this location.
'Saw V Soundtrack' Track Listing:
1. Trap Attacks - Charlie Clouser
2. True Believer - Testament
3. Death And Destruction (Remix) - Ministry
4. What's Next (The Blood and Sand Mix) - Filter
5. Thanks Again, Again - The Almighty
6. The Banishment - Prong
7. The Dawning Of Doom - Die Krupps
8. Power Player - Clutch
9. ugLi - Skinny Puppy
10. Strangers - William Control
11. Unlaced - Emilie Autumn
12. Blood And Music - Fixmer/McCarthy
13. Wizard Of Sextown - The Revolting Cocks
14. Date Of Expiration (Expired) - Funker Vogt
15. What It Takes - Charlie Clouser
The 'Saw V Sountrack' will be available in stores on October 21st.
